The conservation community lacks guidance on field-proven and affordable methods for gathering information that practitioners need to assess progress, evaluate the effectiveness of activities, and adapt and plan interventions. CMP has launched a project to help practitioners identify the best methods available to track the indicators they care about, considering limitations of time, funding and technical expertise. This interactive session will seek feedback on field-proven monitoring. We are seeking to learn about and discuss effective monitoring techniques from a wide range of backgrounds and scales that focus on natural or social science, as well as on the methodological barriers that practitioners face in monitoring their projects. 

Hosts: Vanessa Rathbone, Gautam Surya, Amelia Kissick, Erica Cochrane, Rachel Neugarten, Will Beale, Mariana Montoya